"Han Feizi (280?-233 B.C.), a prince of Han, a student of Xunzi, and representative of the Fajia, or Legalist, school of philosophy, produced the final and most readable exposition of that school's theories. His handbook for the ruler deals with the problems of strengthening and…
Trenchant, sophisticated, and cynical, Han Feizi has been read in every age and is still of interest today when people are more than ever concerned with the nature and use of power. Han Feizi (280?-233 B.C.), a prince of Han, was a representative of the Fa-chia, or Legalist, sch…
